It was really happening like
I wasn't allowed to sit giggles
at the same table
as employees and eat lunch
I'd reached the point where I went
from loving radio to absolutely hating
the guts out of that platform
If it was any other day
I would just shut up and stay
But than I went of a killer
I was like hell with everything
he standing in front
I am going and clicking the picture
we will see about the job later
you know another thing
now tell us
everyone should know
nice means
I don't want to do
I won't give you bytes
i don't want to talk, who you,
call your radio jockey
you know stuff like that
I have a guest who's a social media star
and I've been following her videos
like anything
I feel in some years my job will be no where
because it's time for content creator
like Prajakta Koli
First of all Hi
Hi
Second of all Shut Up
because listen there is space and room
for everyone on internet
everyone is welcome. Please come
but I'm happy that you're doing this
because it's a very special series
close to my heart because it's time that
we celebrate women who're changing
the narrative. And you're one of them
and Prajakta you're amazing
when did you decide to become a
social media star/ content creator
did you even know you would become one
I never decided to become social media star
I just knew that you tuber is a thing
I'd just found out. I was working in radio
and that wasn't going well at all
so I was like looking for a life guard to
pull me out of there
I was like anything anything is fine
and that's when Sudeep Lahiri from
One Digital Entertainment came up and
he's like hey listen you know your energy
is great and you tube is a thing that's
happening now so you should try
to have a you tube channel
and I was like
okay thanks but I don't even know what
that means but ok great I'll think
about it
2-3 months passes and he said
listen really Im telling you
now is a good time
you should let's come and meet
come and meet me
let's see what we can do
I said ok fine
so I met him and that's literally how randomly
it happened
he's like let's make a content
I asked okay fashion and all I don't know
No I swear to god listen
I have reached the point in my life where
I love what I'm wearing
that's what you should be
That has been since my college only
my favorite pair of pants in college
were orange cargo's with 18 pockets
I said I don't know about lifestyle
but comedy I used to write a blog
there's this thing that I do
so he was like let's try this
let's do this only
That's literally how I started
I started of as a you tuber
I still am a you tuber
and everything else that has just happened
is been a bonus
everything else as in
everything that has happened
everything
other than being you tuber
because of being a you tuber
everything that has happened is a bonus
I think primarily you're most popular and
most followed social media stars
on social media on you tube
and we love your videos
which is why we called you and
always I want to know that
how many people have told you
It's impossible for you, you don't do
fortunately for me I've been very
very lucky in the people department
I've always said this
my immediate circle my close circle
I'm extreme
that's just plain dumb luck
that I've these people around me
that is why nobody from my family or
close friends came up to me and told me
listen you can't do it
but then again everything I was doing
I was putting up on internet
and on internet
there's everyone's opinion
you've to show everybody
that how you should live your life
so I wasn't prepared for hate
or criticism
when I started of
again I don't know how
but it only bothered me
for a very first few months
means in the starting 2-3 months
it really bothered me I was like what
you don't even know me what is this
like criticism I could still take
but
hate
when I used to get hate
I was just like I don't know how to deal
luckily for me it lasted for me only
first few months
and than eventually I snapped out of it
and after 5 years. Now i'm so thick skinned
where I'm just like giggles
shut up. no you. no you
but you know when you started of
today you're a successful story
but when you started of you did
go through your share of struggle too
like when you were an intern
the kind of treatment that you got
did that make you stronger
what were the things that you went through
because people don't know
only stronger for sure and I think
not just me every intern
I feel like interns in the media industry
or other industry
I only know about media industry
I was a radio intern
we starve we are bottom of the food chain
but when it was really happening like
I wasn't allowed to sit giggles
at the same table as
employees and eat lunch
I'd reached the point where
I went from loving radio to
absolutely hating the guts out of that
platform because i was just like
mean the moment I sit in the car
I turn off the radio
because in the day 12-14 hours
I'm listening to radio in the office
so I used to turn the radio off
and that's when I knew that something is off
because radio was my passion
I always wanted to be a radio jockey
when I was at the 6 grade
and if from there for so many years
if I can love radio
and in like year if I start hating
than there's something wrong
it's not making sense
a lot of things
coffe runs
and stuff like that
we just was like
coffee runs you were ask to get coffee
go get coffee
and than I frankly not mind because
there used be a lady working in my pantary
I had a good bond with her
I used to eat lunch with her a lot of time
I get a opportunity okay now I'll
go make coffee for 20 mins
and stay away from my desk
when such things happen like you said
like it makes you stronger
I remember that you'd said
to me that there was this incident
when Hrithik had come to
oh ya
your channel
and people actually bard you because
you're a fan
did you feel disrespected
it did not break me at all
in fact the courage I showed that day
I have never showed this much courage before
ya that's true
because it only made me stronger
because I was told by my bosses
that listen it's not cool
you're working so I know you're
fan and all but you can't go and click
a picture with him and whatever
So I was like yes fine
so if it was any other day I would just
shut up and stay
but then I went for a killer
I was like hell with everything
he is standing in front
I'm going and clicking picture
will think about the job later
and than god I did that
because than that's actually how you tube
eventually it was a dominal effect on you tube
where Sudeep saw me there
than Sudeep came and told
listen start a you tube channel
and I started a you tube channel
and 5 years later I'm having
non alcoholic drinks with Nayandeep
finally
ever happen like this that
someone else mistake is fallen on you
or you've been pulled up for something
you've never done
for sure
so this one time
so I started working in radio right after college
so I was suppose to send some file
after reaching home
I'd to record it and send it
and I did send that before I went to bed
so next morning when I went
all morning my producer was giving me a
like a I was like hey what's wrong
she is like you know what you did wrong
so I was like no I don't know
and than later I was listen I'm sorry
if you can't tell me what I've done wrong
I can't promise you that it won't happen again
so she goes that I'd ask you to send me a file
I said ya I send it
she is like no you send me a mail saying
I'm sorry I can't send it
I said no have you read the mail
and I opened the mail
and the mail had the file she only scrolled
down on a phone and she could see the first
line where I've said I'm sorry I know you'd
ask me to send this
So I was like all this for nothing
my morning is ruined for absolutely nothing
so like little things like these that
I will never forget because of
the way it made me feel
but just not at your work place I think
your struggle was on the field also
with actors
we guys have to daily
now also you know
you're a content creator I'm journalist
so the struggle is real here as well
I know and the stories I've heard guys
Oh My God that should be
a different show
How many times did you face that
did you face that quite a few times or
maybe majority of times when
actors didn't treat you well
because you were an intern
I just first I want to tell who
people who were amazing
Aayushman was the cutest
and you know you can just tell
how the person is by the way he treats
an intern
just say that
you know because
at any point in time
you know that in a place that
you can say anything to that guy
and he won't say anything back
but you still choose to smile
you still choose to be nice to that person
which tells heeps about you
so Aayushman was amazing
Jackie Shroff was so sweet
Ya he is amazing
He was so nice
John Abraham infact was very sweet to me
Saif Ali Khan was really nice
He's the amazing
I think he is one with no filter
Ya ya but very honest very sweet
but there were a couple who
were not that nice
you know another thing that
Now you have to tell what happened
everyone should know
nice means they're like I don't want to do
I won't give bytes
Don't want to talk
who 're you. Call your radio jockey
you know stuff like that
but another thing I like about my job is
that I'm now in that position where if it
doesn't feel good for me I'll not do it
because you know audience can always tell
so which is why then
the choice is yours
the choice was mine
as to when than we got opportunities
to do thing with couple of them
we chose not to
and you know now
you've been putting pictures of the
billboards and the hoardings
Oh My God
One is in front of my house btw
really
it's right in front of RTO road
signal's opposite and
I thought to send you
I don't know if you clicked a picture of that
I have so the other night my parents
so there was touchwood
lot of fun projects that we were shooting
and than I was travelling so much
I got back I was super sick
I took some rest and I remember
my only motivation to wake up
I told my mom and dad
I said can we please go on a drive
and we click pictures
with all these hoarding
so there were there's like lots more but
I clicked with nine
Do you remember the first moment
where you were made to feel like
you were alive
like somebody walked up to you and
oh I watched your show
Oh autograph
I come to One Digital Office and work now
but before that when I used to work
out of my home and shoot in my house
I used to edit in my house
A lot of times to write my videos
I used to go to Starbucks
very close to my place
so I was there once and
this girl comes up to me and
she is like hey you're Prajakta right
I said ya hi
she's like listen I watched your video on
you tube and that was great
I was like oh I said thank you
than another girl came and
listen my friend told me that you're here
so I came to meet you
and that sense of sort of closing the loop
where I'm putting something out
and my audience are watching it
and coming and telling me
good job or we like it
or listen you can do better or whatever
like I said that was addictive
that was something that was
not happening on radio
and then I started
that hey guys as I don't have anything to do
so I'm going to that starbucks and that mall
from this time to this time so
if you're around come and say hi
I started living on this
attention
because I used to
even right now I absolutely love meeting
my viewers
and I am that creep who will hold your hand
are wait where are you going
give me a hug
tell me your name what do you do
what's going
so I absolutely love it
so I feel like first time someone came and
told me that they love my video
your success story will be told across ages
and also because where you've reached
when it comes to creating content
to be honest I'm extremely proud again
because you've shot with Michelle Obama
yes I have
how was the experience
it's the first time that Prajakta Koli is
talking about it on camera
ya
and its only because of me
it's so crazy I've not even spoken about this
on my camera
like I've not even spoken about this
in any of my videos
from me you do it
because I know what it means to you
you know
it's how to process this
how do to come back and tell yourself
good job you had a cup of tea with
Michelle Obama
how to that is the sentence
that is an exclamation point
I was just like you know I've never been
so nervous about meeting anybody
I remember when Mr. Obama had a
town hold in Delhi and I was there
I remember him walking out
and I looked at him and I was just like wow
I loved him and I loved his speeches like that
but her Ive had a different you know
women to women
you look up to someone very differently
so the whole time I was like
I was just like ya I'm good I'm good
I was quite and she is a hugger
so the minute she entered the room
she hugged me and bam
the ice was broken
there was no like nervous energy anymore
and than it was a free flowing converstaion
we were talking about girls education
we're talking about her
we're talking about us
we're talking about everything
and just like that for an hour we're sitting
there we are talking and she gets up
we click pictures and she walks away
I'm just like
what do I do with my life now
How do you move ahead from this
Like I want to be here
So basically you've been living a dream
that I think everybody aspires to be in
and it's a great thing
and on that note while you're living
your dream
with more dreams to come of course
will move on to our next segment
and it's a fun segment
so let's see how you fair in that segment
It's a game
it's a game on women we love
oh it's about women we love
let's see
let's see if you win
so we are back with Prajakta Koli
and we have given her a challenge
so it's simple
there are different questions
some are guess who some are which film
you have to guess there are plot
maybe you've to guess a sport person
it's varied okay
so there are 7 cards
I'll give you choice to pick 5
you can pick the easiest one
and you might pick the most difficult ones
okay I might we don't know what is what
Ya so you'll give me one each
you've to at least score 3
will give you a gift if you score 3
let me pick all 7
one
okay one after one
okay this is easy
which popular 90's heroien
she is still working right now
made a acting debute
with Bekhudi
I was born 3 years after the 90's started
so what
so were you
you're 92
I'm 93
so this released in 92
how will I know
I had not releasied in 92
Okay I'll give you a hint
sometimes okay not all the time
so bekhudi I don't know this film
so basically this is a heroine you've shot with
Kajol
yes
oh yea I love Kajol
I love your video
that was a fun video even I'd too much fun
she is too chill
so one point
I think you're going to win the hamper
if I keep helping you
an athlete also known as the Dhing express
I won a gold for 400 meters race
at the world under 20 championships
held at Finland
and I also won 3 medals at the asian games
who am I
A champion clearly
no cheating from the background
you guys know or what
hello no cheating there
Prajakta Koli's cheating
I'm not first of all
first of all even if they mouth it
I'll not read it
I've absolutely no clue
I don't
have you heard of Hima Das
so it's Hima Das
and you missed it
so it's one out two
but you still have chances to redime
yourself like Karan Johar
okay the 6 seconds challenege
name 3 films where a heroine
play a negative character
what listen this is difficult
stop the timer. I'm gonna need
more than 6 seconds
Gupt, Badla, I've to stop watching
romantic movies on netflix man
and I really have to stop
Aitraaz
okay so Gupt, Badla and Aitraaz
two out of three
okay
okay next one this is easy
guess the film from the plot
Vijay falls in love with Shivani
and proposes her
only to be rejected each time
However his love turns into obsession
and he kills her husband
Shivani later takes revenge and
kills Vijay
It's Aitraaz only
listen my memory is that of a gold fish
I've not watched this film
so you don't get the point
this is very easy
so I'll give you three clues
and you've to guess the film
Oh god okay
all of this
they are element from the film
Highway that's the biggest clue
On a killing and an iron rode
Article 15
no
it's a women sentric film
NH7
Nh what is it Nh10
she has redime
but again I've not watch NH10
now go watch it
it's a brilliant film
I think you'll love it
and also because
you have reached
so I think we have to give you a gift because
you've always been somebody I've
but I also feel like
you would give me the gift anyway
Ya I think
If not on camera than off camera
taking advantage of my politeness
so this is one special hamper for you
I'm going to open it right away
It already has one thing that I was
about to buy today
wipes
It is morning in the car I was eating
I was like shit I'm out of wipes
Nayan heard me
you'll love it
I'm sure
I love it already it has wipes
thank you so much
but with women like you
making rapid tries
the fields that we all aspire to be in
I think there will be a time soon
where we will say
Women Up
everybody must Women up
thank you so much for doing this